§ 360.3 Filing fees.

(a) Manner of payment. (1) Except for the insurance fees described in the next sentence, all filing fees willmust be payablepaid at the time and place the application, petition, or other document is tenderedelectronically for filingfiled. The service fee for insurance, surety or self-insurer accepted certificate of insurance, surety bond or other instrument submitted in lieu of a broker surety bond must be charged to an insurance service account established by theFMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in accordance with paragraph (a)(2) of this section.
(2) Billing account procedure. A written request must be submitted to the Office of EnforcementRegistration and ComplianceSafety Information (MC-ECIRS) at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov to establish an insurance service fee account.
(i) Each account will have a specific billing date within each month and a billing cycle. The billing date is the date that the bill is prepared and printed. The billing cycle is the period between the billing date in one month and the billing date in the next month. A bill for each account whichthat has activity or an unpaid balance during the billing cycle will be sent on the billing date each month. Payment will be due 20 days from the billing date. Payments received before the next billing date are applied to the account. Interest will accrue in accordance with 431 CFR 102901.139.
(ii) The DebtFederal Claims Collection Act of 1982Standards, including disclosure to the consumer reporting agencies and the use of collection agencies, as set forth in 431 CFR 102.5part and901, 102.6 will be utilized to encourage payment where appropriate.
(iii) An account holder who files a petition infor bankruptcy or who is the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding must provide the following information to the Office of DataRegistration Analysis and Safety Information Systems,(MC-RS) Licensingat and Insurance Divisionhttp://www.fmcsa.dot.gov:
(A) The filing date of the bankruptcy petition;
(B) The court in which the bankruptcy petition was filed;
(C) The type of bankruptcy proceeding;
(D) The name, address, and telephone number of its representative in the bankruptcy proceeding; and
(E) The name, address, and telephone number of the bankruptcy trustee, if one has been appointed.
(3) Fees will be payable tothrough the FederalU.S. MotorDepartment Carrierof SafetyTreasury Administration bysecure apayment checksystem, payablePay.gov, inand Unitedare Statesmade currencydirectly drawnfrom uponthe fundspayor's deposited in a United States or foreign bank oraccount other financial institution, money order payable in United States’ currency, or by credit/debit card (VISA or MASTERCARD).
(b) Any filing that is not accompanied by the appropriate filing fee iswill deficientbe except for filings that satisfy the deferred payment procedures in paragraph (a) of this sectionrejected.
(c) Fees not refundable. Fees will be assessed for every filing in the type of proceeding listed in the schedule of fees contained in paragraph (f) of this section, titled, “Schedule of filing fees,” subject to the exceptions contained in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section. After the application, petition, or other document has been accepted for filing by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety AdministrationFMCSA, the filing fee will not be refunded, regardless of whether the application, petition, or other document is granted or approved, denied, rejected before docketing, dismissed, or withdrawn.
(d) RelatedMultiple or consolidated proceedingsauthorities. (1) SeparateA feesseparate needfiling notfee beis paidrequired for relatedeach applicationstype filedof byauthority thesought, samefor applicantexample whichbroker wouldauthority berequested theby subjectan ofentity onethat proceeding.already (Thisholds doesmotor notproperty meancarrier requestsauthority foror multiple types of operating authority filedrequested on forms in the OP-1same series under the regulations at 49 CFR part 365application. A separate filing fee is required for each type of authority sought in each transportation mode, e.g., common, contract, and broker authority for motor property carriers.)
(2) Separate fees will be assessed for the filing of temporary operating authority applications as provided in paragraph (f)(62) of this section, regardless of whether such applications are related to an application for corresponding permanent operating authority.
(3) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may reject concurrently filed applications, petitions, or other documents asserted to be related and refund the filing fee if, in its judgment, they embrace two or more severable matters which should be the subject of separate proceedings.
(e) Waiver or reduction of filing fees. It is the general policy of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration not to waive or reduce filing fees except as described as follows:
(1) Filing fees are waived for an application orthat other proceeding which is filed by a Federal government agency, or a State or local government entity. For purposes of this section the phrases “Federal government agency” or “government entity” do not include a quasi-governmental corporation or government subsidized transportation company.
(2) InFiling extraordinaryfees situationsare waived for a motor carrier of passengers that receives a grant from the Federal MotorTransit CarrierAdministration Safetyeither Administration directly or through a third-party contract to provide passenger transportation under an agreement with a State or local government pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5307, 5310, 5311, 5316, or 5317.
(3) The FMCSA will acceptconsider other requests for waivers or fee reductions only in extraordinary situations and in accordance with the following procedure:
(i) When to request. At the time that a filing is submitted to theFMCSA, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration the applicant may request a waiver or reduction of the fee prescribed in this part. Such request should be addressed to the Director, Office of DataRegistration Analysis and InformationSafety SystemsInformation.
(ii) Basis. The applicant must show that the waiver or reduction of the fee is in the best interest of the public, or that payment of the fee would impose an undue hardship upon the requestorrequester.
(iii) FederalFMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Administration action. TheFMCSA Director, Office of Data Analysis and Information Systems, will notify the applicant of the decision to grant or deny the request for waiver or reduction.
(f) Schedule of filing fees.:
Type of Proceeding proceeding Fee
Part I: Licensing:Registration
(1) An application for motorUSDOT carrierRegistration operatingpursuant authority,to a49 certificateCFR ofpart registration for certain foreign carriers390, propertysubpart broker authority, or freight forwarder authorityE $300.
(2) AAn petitionapplication tofor interpretmotor orcarrier clarifytemporary an operating authority 3,000
(3) A requestto seekingprovide theemergency modificationrelief ofin operatingresponse authority only to the extent of making a ministerialnational correction,emergency whenor thenatural originaldisaster errorfollowing wasan causedemergency bydeclaration applicant,under a§ change390.23 in the name of thethis shippersubchapter $100.
(3) Biennial orupdate owner of a plant site, or the change of a highway name or numberregistration 50$0.
(4) ARequest petitionfor tochange renewof authorityname, toaddress, transportor explosivesform of business 250$0.
(5) AnRequest application for authoritycancellation toof deviate from authorized regular-route authorityregistration 150$0.
(6) AnRequest application for motorregistration carrier temporary authority issued in an emergency situationreinstatement 100$10.
(7) RequestDesignation for name change of aprocess motor carrier, property broker, or freight forwarderagent 14$0.
(8)—(49) [Reserved]
PartNotification II:of Insurance:
(50) (i)Transfer Anof applicationOperating for original qualification as self-insurer for bodily injury and property damage insurance (BI&PD)Authority 4,200$0.
(ii)Part AnII: application for original qualification as self-insurer for cargo insurance 420Insurance
(519) A service fee for insurer, surety, or self-insurer accepted certificate of insurance, surety bond, and other instrument submitted in lieu of a broker surety bond $10 per accepted certificate, surety bond or other instrument submitted in lieu of a broker surety bond.
(5210) A petition for reinstatement of revoked operating authority 80
(53i)—(79) [Reserved]
Part III:An Services:
(80) Requestapplication for serviceoriginal orqualification pleadingas listself-insurer for proceedings 13bodily perinjury list
(81) Faxedand copiesproperty ofdamage operatinginsurance authority to applicants or their representatives who did not receive a served copy 5
(gBI&PD) Returned check policy $4,200.
(1ii) IfAn aapplication checkfor submittedoriginal toqualification theas FMCSAself-insurer for acargo filinginsurance $420.
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